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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Aeropro CZ A220 · Petaluma, CA · January 3, 2012

Date
January 3, 2012 · 16:45 local
Place
Petaluma, CA
Airport
Petaluma
Phase of flight
Maneuver
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N8119
Reported as
Aeropro CZ A220
Reported engine
ROTAX 912ULS
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On 1/3/2012 at 16:45 PST, airman privacy data omitted, PIC of an aerotrek A220 was observed by California highway patrol airborne unit, officers privacy data omitted and privacy data omitted, of the golden gate division, air operation unit 314, flying at unsafe low altitudes, at times as low as 50 feet, over automobile traffic on SR-47 in sonoma county, California. In the same flight, privacy data omitted was also observed performing aerobatic maneuvers in a non- aerobatic catagory aircraft at altitudes as low as 300 feet AGL. Chp air unit followed privacy data omitted to his home airport and confronted him outside his hangar. The officers imediately smelled alcohol coming from privacy data omitted. They called santa rosa chp for field sobriety testing assistance. Chp officers determined that privacy data omitted was under the influence of alcohol and consequently arrested, cited and released him to the care of privacy data omitted of sonoma California.

As the FAA filed it

ON 1/3/2012 AT 16:45 PST, AIRMAN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PIC OF AN AEROTREK A220 WAS OBSERVED BY CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL AIRBORNE UNIT, OFFICERS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, OF THE GOLDEN GATE DIVISION, AIR OPERATION UNIT 314, FLYING AT UNSAFE LOW ALTITUDES, AT TIMES AS LOW AS 50 FEET, OVER AUTOMOBILE TRAFFIC ON SR-47 IN SONOMA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. IN THE SAME FLIGHT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ALSO OBSERVED PERFORMING AEROBATIC MANEUVERS IN A NON- AEROBATIC CATAGORY AIRCRAFT AT ALTITUDES AS LOW AS 300 FEET AGL. CHP AIR UNIT FOLLOWED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO HIS HOME AIRPORT AND CONFRONTED HIM OUTSIDE HIS HANGAR. THE OFFICERS IMEDIATELY SMELLED ALCOHOL COMING FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THEY CALLED SANTA ROSA CHP FOR FIELD SOBRIETY TESTING ASSISTANCE. CHP OFFICERS DETERMINED THAT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL AND CONSEQUENTLY ARRESTED, CITED AND RELEASED HIM TO THE CARE OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OF SONOMA CALIFORNIA.